Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change

All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar. This familiarity offers a glimpse of the South African couple’s commitment to saving one of the world's most critically endangered species.

All released birds were equipped with radio collars designed to resist macaws’ strong bills. Each collar has an antenna. The Purchases and their assistant check the birds' locations three times a day. Half of the Spix’s macaws have died, mostly from predation, or disappeared. Now, the remaining ones live within 5 kilometers of the facilities, a compound that includes the couple’s house and a U-shaped flight-and-release cage that's 47 meters long.

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Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate changeIn Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts. They’re striving to save these iconic blue parrots from disappearing forever.
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